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You are correct, Ragman, in citing that Newton's "law" of gravitivity is in fact a theory.
When studying gravitation, those who want to see the entire picture should also study other "theories" that do shed some light on the topic:
Alternative theories of Gravitation:Historical alternative theories
Aristotelian theory of gravity
Le Sage's theory of gravitation (1784) also called LeSage gravity, proposed by Georges-Louis Le Sage, based on a fluid-based explanation where a light gas fills the entire universe.
Nordström's theory of gravitation (1912, 1913), an early competitor of general relativity.
Whitehead's theory of gravitation (1922), another early competitor of general relativity.
Recent alternative theoriesBrans-Dicke theory of gravity (1961)
Induced gravity (1967), a proposal by Andrei Sakharov according to which general relativity might arise from quantum field theories of matter.
Rosen bi-metric theory of gravityIn the modified Newtonian...
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